Jack was my toughest….mostly because he could go and decided not to most of the time…he would say “mommy, I have to poop, get me a pull up before I poop on the floor” but eventually he got it…after I got mean…
I’m scared to train Brooke…just worried if it will be different or if it’ll take forever…like I’m actually going to realize she’s really really special needs…

I think potty training might be the worst thing ever. I think I’d rather go through the labor and delivery process than potty train. At least then I know that there’s an end in sight and I can “recover.” Good luck!

we’re in the midst of it right now and I have no idea what I’m doing. We had to stop and start again because she was so resistant.
Do you leave sawyer in underwear all day and just ask him to pee constantly, crossing your fingers that he doesn’t poop everywhere? Or do you put pull ups on him when you go out?

Yes I survived. Or rather I paid people who survived! My first was a nightmare but we didn’t know she had adhd. One of the twins was super easy once she got into the 3 year old classroom at daycare and was the only one in pull-ups…trained in a day. Her twin with autism I was sure would be in diapers forever. Nightmare for us. Trained in a week for IBI professionals who clearly carried around more gummy bears than I did. Other than that I think I have blocked it out. Good luck! It will pass. Soon you’ll be stopping for bathroom breaks every 5.2 seconds on a road trip and longing for the diaper days!

Same here! My oldest with autism took so long that I definitely blocked it out and my other two who are 4 need to stop every five minutes so we are just adding one more to the public restroom rotation.

Yes…. and I survived. My son regressed three months before his twin sisters were born and at that point I didn’t fight it. Went right back to diapers. Then, right before I was due to have them he showed signs of interest. It was a success. How did I survive it? No idea.

Hi Jessica. I have been following your blog for awhile, but haven’t commented before. Until now…I am currently potty training my 31-month-old and it is a nightmare. I have also blogged about it (may times!). So I guess I’ll say that I am surviving, but barely.

Same here, my son is just over 3 and I thought he would be the easiest because he has watched all the others but nope. Good luck to both of us!!

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